AGM Statement

Mears Group PLC
06 June 2007


                                MEARS GROUP PLC


AGM Statement


At the company's Annual General Meeting to be held at 12.00 p.m. today, Bob 
Holt, Chairman, will issue the following statement:


'When we announced our record results in March of this year we highlighted the
significant contract gains we had made. In addition we have been notified today
by Welwyn and Hatfield District Council ( WHDC ) that they have agreed (subject
to the standard legal conditions) to award Mears the contract as the sole
strategic partner to deliver their entire housing maintenance and improvement
programme. This is worth a minimum of £168million over 15 years but further
negotiated works could see that rise. We have been working on behalf of WHDC
since 2001. This award demonstrates the value of choosing customers with a
strong partnership ethos and represents the biggest sole partner contract award
in Mears history.


The size of the social housing bid pipeline for contract tenders remains
extremely healthy and we continue to target customers who share our view of long
term partnering arrangements.


The recent acquisition of Careforce Group plc is proceeding well and we continue
to progress the healthy pipeline of target companies in this fragmented sector.
We have a number of potential acquisitions at various stages which we expect to
complete over the coming months.


We are pleased to report a satisfactory performance for the first four months of
2007 and are confident that we will again produce results to meet market
expectations. Given the scale of our order book, current opportunity pipeline
and our vision for community based services we look forward with optimism.


The Board is committed to taking Mears to new levels of excellence and playing a
crucial role in creating better communities.'





Bob Holt


Chairman




Press Contacts:


Bob Holt (Chairman) Tel: [phone]


David J Robertson (FD) Tel: [phone]


Trevor Bass/Alex White (WSSM) Tel: [phone]





NOTES TO EDITORS:





Mears Group PLC is a leading provider of a range of services to social
landlords. The Group is also a major supplier of domiciliary care in the United
Kingdom following the acquisition of Careforce Group plc in April 2007.


The social housing services provided include response maintenance, void
refurbishment, planned preventative maintenance, improvements to meet the
'Decent Homes Standard' and estate management.


Profits have shown an annual compound growth rate of 40% since Mears was listed
on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in October 1996. The Group was
awarded the AIM Company of the year award in 2003.


The Mears mission is to be the market leader in transforming the social housing
environment, improving homes, improving neighbourhoods and improving lives.





Further information is available on our website www.mearsgroup.co.uk



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